Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Dave Lowry played junior with the London Knights of the OHL. He was taken 114th overall by the Vancouver Canucks at the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and returned to play two more years of junior. After scoring 60 goals in 1984-85, Lowry was voted on to the league's First All-Star Team.

The industrious winger was a regular his first two years in the league but spent two-thirds of the 1987-88 season in the AHL with the Fredericton Express. In September 1988, Lowry was traded to the St. Louis Blues where he fit in well for four and a half years. During his time in St. Louis, Lowry played with grit and registered consecutive 19-goal seasons and spent part of his first season with the team's IHL affiliate in Peoria.

Prior to the 1993-94 season, Lowry was claimed by the Florida Panthers in the Expansion Draft. He scored 15 goals and worked tirelessly up and down his wing while helping the Panthers set an NHL record for a first year club with 83 points. Two years later, he scored ten goals in the post-season when Florida marched all the way to the Stanley Cup finals.

In November 1997, the hard-working forward was traded to the San Jose Sharks where he battled for every inch of ice and saw duty on both specialty teams. He missed much of the 1999-00 season due to shoulder injury before signing as a free agent with the Calgary Flames. Lowry scored 18 goals for the Flames as the team pushed hard for a playoff postion all year. He also took over as the club's captain for the retired Steve Smith in 2000-01.

Lowry would play his 1,000th NHL game in 2001-02 and an injury plagued 2002-03 season limited him to 34 games in Calgary while spending some time with the team's AHL affiliate in Saint John. In 2003-04, Lowry returned to Calgary's lineup and was a team leader both on and off the ice, as the Flames reached the Stanley Cup final, only to lose in a hard-fought seven game series to the Tampa Bay Lightning. After the Flames magical run to the Cup final, Lowry retired from the game.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1981-82

Nepean Midget Raiders

ODMHA

60

50

64

114

46

1982-83

London Knights

OHL

42

11

16

27

48

3

0

0

0

14

1983-84

London Knights

OHL

66

29

47

76

125

8

6

6

12

41

1984-85

London Knights

OHL

61

60

60

120

94

8

6

5

11

10

1985-86

Vancouver Canucks

NHL

73

10

8

18

143

-21

3

0

0

0

0

1986-87

Vancouver Canucks

NHL

70

8

10

18

176

-23

1987-88

Vancouver Canucks

NHL

22

1

3

4

38

-2

1987-88

Fredericton Express

AHL

46

18

27

45

59

14

7

3

10

72

1988-89

St. Louis Blues

NHL

21

3

3

6

11

+1

10

0

5

5

4

1988-89

Peoria Rivermen

IHL

58

31

35

66

45

1989-90

St. Louis Blues

NHL

78

19

6

25

75

+1

12

2

1

3

39

1990-91

St. Louis Blues

NHL

79

19

21

40

168

+19

13

1

4

5

35

1991-92

St. Louis Blues

NHL

75

7

13

20

77

-11

6

0

1

1

20

1992-93

St. Louis Blues

NHL

58

5

8

13

101

-18

11

2

0

2

14

1993-94

Florida Panthers

NHL

80

15

22

37

64

-4

1994-95

Florida Panthers

NHL

45

10

10

20

25

-3

1995-96

Florida Panthers

NHL

63

10

14

24

36

-2

22

10

7

17

39

1996-97

Florida Panthers

NHL

77

15

14

29

51

+2

5

0

0

0

0

1997-98

Florida Panthers

NHL

7

0

0

0

2

-1

1997-98

San Jose Sharks

NHL

50

4

4

8

51

0

6

0

0

0

18

1998-99

San Jose Sharks

NHL

61

6

9

15

24

-5

1

0

0

0

0

1999-00

San Jose Sharks

NHL

32

1

4

5

18

+1

12

1

2

3

6

2000-01

Calgary Flames

NHL

79

18

17

35

47

-2

2001-02

Calgary Flames

NHL

62

7

6

13

51

-20

2002-03

Calgary Flames

NHL

34

5

14

19

22

+4

2002-03

Saint John Flames

AHL

22

3

6

9

16

+3

2003-04

Calgary Flames

NHL

18

1

1

2

11

-6

10

0

0

0

6

NHL Totals

1084

164

187

351

1191

111

16

20

36

181

OHL First All-Star Team (1985)

Traded to St. Louis by Vancouver for Ernie Vargas, September 29, 1988. Claimed by Florida from St. Louis in Expansion Draft, June 24, 1993. Traded to San Jose by Florida with Florida's 1st round pick (later traded to Tampa Bay - Tampa Bay selected Vincent Lecavalier) in 1998 NHL Draft for Viktor Kozlov and Florida's 5th round pick (previously acquired, Florida selected Jaroslav Spacek) in 1998 NHL Draft, November 13, 1997. Missed majority of 1999-2000 due to shoulder injury vs. Montreal, November 23, 1999. Signed as a free agent by Calgary, July 24, 2000. Missed majority of 2003-04 due to abdominal injury vs. NY Islanders, January 6, 2004.